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Show SYNTHESIS ALMOST CREATIVE Iserett nl tha I If lag llmralnilas In Animal and Welatla Call. The nrwa that Wolilrr had obtained In 1b"8 out of Inorganic stuff a certain cer-tain substancr, urra, which occur In nature as a distinct product of vital activity ac-tivity In animals, upset current Ideas, ssyt Prince Kropotkln In the .N'lne-leenth. .N'lne-leenth. Century Thn..lalr.iii,,Lli.!. In (lertnany and Kronklln In this coun-try coun-try made several Important syntheses, and In 1SC0 Herthelot published his epoch-making work, "Organic Chemistry, Chemis-try, Hasecl Upon Synthesis," In which he proved that the synthesis of organic bndlc must be putsiie.1 and may be achieved In a quite systematic way, going go-ing step by tep over the whole series of organic compound At the present pres-ent time about 180 different acids, aromatic aro-matic oils, fats, coloring matters and to on, which are only round In nature aa products of vital activity, have already al-ready been prepared In our lalwratorles out of Inorganic matter Home of them are already fabricated In this way for trade. Kvery ear brings some new achievement In Ihe same direction; so that the main Interest now Ilea not to much In adding n new product to the already long list nf chemically prepared pre-pared organic substances as In catching catch-ing the secrets of the tiny living laboratories In the vegetable and animal ani-mal cells. |